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Capitated Payment: Intervention includes capitated payment programs to provide wrap-around services for high-risk children in foster care or at imminent risk of placement in up to six counties. Evaluation includes random assignment in at least two of the counties. Major goals include increasing availability and flexibility of services, reducing foster care placement, reducing time in foster care, expediting permanency, and improving child safety and well-being. Community Services for Delinquent Youth: Intervention includes children aged 10 or older in contact with the juvenile justice system who are adjudicated, or at risk of being adjudicated delinquent will be provided a range of preventive and reunification services. Evaluation includes selection of a set of counties comparable to pilot county(s) in terms of child poverty, public assistance and abuse/neglect rates. Major goals include reducing recidivism rates for delinquency, improving public safety, reducing residential placement, and shifting from out-of-home placement to in-home and community prevention services.
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